What is Autism Confidence?

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What does autism confidence look like?
No right or wrong answer. I'm just curious.

That's a new term to me...but then I haven't been in the Autism Spectrum world very long.

I did find:

     "Autism and Confidence" on the Aspergers Test Site

     "The Value of Confidence With Asperger’s Syndrome" on the Autism Parenting Magazine site

and it sounds reasonable to me.

Perhaps related to Autism Acceptance?

For me, it was from not understanding the true situation. I took risks I didn't even know about. On the plus side, I can trust my logic pretty well and have things I build work the first time.

I haven't heard this term used before. Most Aspies are subjected to significant bullying, primarily during their school years. Many suffer extensively for the rest of their lives as a result. Many lack any degree of confidence.

But there is one type of individual that develops into an INTJ personality type. They become non-conformist and have broken away from the herd. They learn to trust themselves and walk on their own two feet.

INTJs are one of the rarest personality types, accounting for approximately 2.1 percent of the population. Some INTJs describe themselves in the following way, “We choose to be ourselves and not care what others think. Intellectually being an INTJ is fun as hell! When presented with relevant, challenging, and coherent problems/books/ideas then we go crazy theorizing! In some ways the INTJ is a mixture between a seasoned professor and a observant fun-loving child.”
“our logic is almost never wrong” “If suddenly something captures our attention, we just have to know each and everything about it.” “We are self confident individuals who know our strengths and weaknesses.” “Ideas are our forte. We identify with our ideas.” “INTJs can usually be quite good at accepting constructive criticism, if the INTJ respects the person giving the criticism.” “Things like authority, rank, and seniority mean little to most INTJs. For better or for worse, if I think someone is wrong, I will say so, whether they be a colleague, a teacher, or the CEO of the company. What matters most to many INTJs is getting the correct solution; it doesn't matter who produces it.” “ I prepare thoroughly before giving a formal presentation.” “utter earnestness, sincerity, and thoroughness. And a systems-oriented, big-picture mind.” “We usually see things from a million perspectives.” “We can stay alone for a loooong time: because there is a party going on inside our heads. A 100 voices talking, debating with each other about the best course of action around something.” “I felt very alone and ostracized as a child and youth because I didn't value the same things other kids did, didn't act the way they did, was consistently at the top of any scored intellectual activity (which always makes you less popular), didn't know how to gain the acceptance of my peers and didn't quite have a language to describe these feelings to my parents or others.” “Super Human Analytical Skills. I rely on this instinct often and it serves me well. Usually my snap decisions and judgments are spot on and brutally harsh.” “I learn quickly, sometimes intuitively. I can ride a motorcycle, go to sleep, play a computer game or otherwise ‘turn off’ active thinking, and come back and sit down and know exactly how to solve extremely complex problems. It's not that I didn't think about it, but instead my mind thought about it for me.” “ I’m hardly ever bored, because there are worlds, inside worlds, inside worlds in my own head.” “I am also an intensely private person. Most of the time even my closest friends and family don't know exactly what I'm thinking about or feeling because I prefer to keep it to myself.”

Many Aspies have developed INTJ personalities.

I believe it's, basically, not caring what people think of you when you "act autistic."

I don't spend time with many other people, so I don't relate "autism confidence" to their acceptance.

In my opinion it would mean being confident and accepting myself. Examples: Keeping stim materials on hand, learning to understand my strengths, weaknesses and differences, forgiving myself as needed, and setting reasonable goals for the future which neither overestimate or underestimate my abilities.

It means not caring what people think about your unusual behaviours, no matter how outlandish they may seem.

an oxymoron.

They remind me of Low Latent Inhibition. Autistics generally have LLI than NTs.

https://www.lowlatentinhibition.org/what-is-lli/

This is how I view me being "confident" in being autistic. Accommodating my sensory issues and not being ashamed of them, focusing on the abilities I do have, accepting that every human is different and I just happen to be a bit extra different (lol), etc.